DFI LANParty UT nF3-250Gb: Overclocker's Dream
by Wesley Fink on September 8, 2004 12:05 AM EST- Posted in
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Performance Test Configuration: DFI LANParty UT nF3 250Gb
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| Performance Test Configuration | |
| Processor(s): | AMD Athlon64 3200+ (2.0GHz) |
| RAM: | 2 x 512MB OCZ PC3200 EL Platinum Rev.2 2 x 512MB Mushkin PC3500 Level II or 2 x 512MB OCZ PC3500 Platinum Ltd |
| Hard Drive(s): | Maxtor 250GB 7200 RPM IDE (16MB Buffer) |
| Video AGP & IDE Bus Master Drivers: | NVIDIA nForce Platform Driver 4.24 (5-10-2004) VIA 4in1 Hyperion 4.51 (12-02-2003) |
| Video Card(s): | ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB (AGP 8X) |
| Video Drivers: | ATI Catalyst 4.8 |
| Operating System(s): | Windows XP Professional SP1 |
| Motherboards: | DFI LANParty UT nF3 250Gb Abit KV8 PRO (VIA K8T800 PRO) Chaintech VNF3-250 (nVidia nForce3-250) Epox 8KDA3+ (nVidia nForce3-250Gb) Gigabyte K8NSNXP nVidia nForce3-250) MSI K8N Neo (nVidia nForce3-250Gb) nVidia nForc3-250Gb Reference Board |
Current testing of Socket 754 Athlon 64 motherboards used OCZ PC3200 EL Platinum Rev. 2, which is based on Samsung TCCD memory chips. Earlier tests of Socket 754 boards used either Mushkin PC3500 Level II or OCZ PC3500 Platinum Ltd memory modules. Both these memories use Winbond BH5 chips, which have been discontinued. All benchmarks used 2-2-2-10 memory timings regardless of memory used.
Performance tests were run with the ATI 9800 PRO 128MB video card with AGP Aperture set to 128MB with Fast Writes enabled. Resolution in all benchmarks is 1024x768x32 unless otherwise noted.
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alex1971 - Wednesday, September 8, 2004 - link
alex1971 - Wednesday, September 8, 2004 - link
I think its tested with Raid 3+4 that are the two native Ports directly at NF250GB.The Ports 1+2 are native also, but have to use an external PHY.
This Ports 1+2 are finished when HTT > 240 MHZ !!
Try it.....
Remeber: Main S-ATA Problems only at PORT 1+2 because of the PHY .....
Jeff7181 - Wednesday, September 8, 2004 - link
Glad I didn't buy a MSI K8N Neo Platinum yet... I'll wait for this board before I go A64. =)SLIM - Wednesday, September 8, 2004 - link
Great article man, but I almost blew by the part where you mentioned that the Far Cry and UT results were with a 9800pro vs 6800ultras. You might consider putting asterisk on those graphs and bold or highlight the huge difference in graphics cards.It might help those who prefer to only look at the pretty pictures.
SLIM
PS: I second the Iwill board review request.
SUOrangeman - Wednesday, September 8, 2004 - link
Review request: http://www.iwillusa.com/products/ProductDetail.asp...Although this is not a 754-pin mobo, the experience should be great nonetheless!
-SUO
at80eighty - Wednesday, September 8, 2004 - link
i second..umm...third...punko's Anantech's "Overclocking for Dummies" idea...i'd LOVE to dig into my rig...but it kinda scares me if i f*ckup : )
Myrandex - Wednesday, September 8, 2004 - link
I think the yellow looks cool, but a UV reactive plastic would have been cool along with it. This does seem a bit more of a 'budget' type board when compared to other LanParty series boards. I sure do like it a lot, and I have considered moving from my old MSI K8T Neo board to this one (so I am kinda happy about it being S754). I do wonder about the two SATA cables near the AGP socket, as they are extremely out of the way, and it brings more cable clutter to the center of the board.Wesley Fink - Wednesday, September 8, 2004 - link
#16 - The test bed had a MaXLine III 250GB SATA hard drive with 16MB of buffer. We first tested with the SATA on Channel 1 between the AGP slot and the CPU -- the plan was to see where SATA failed and then switch to IDE to find the top OC. When we reached DDR600 then DDR616 while running this SATA drive we saw no point in the IDE switch. This board is really stable in OC - even with SATA.rjm55 - Wednesday, September 8, 2004 - link
You say on page 6 that you ran the overclocking tests with a SATA hard drive. Can you please confirm that you did DDR616 running a SATA hard drive, because I've read that SATA drives can hold back overclocking.Avalon - Wednesday, September 8, 2004 - link
*drool*